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Facilitating Innovative Thinking Facilitating Working to strengthen innovative independent think-tanks thinking and the in new policymaking democracies environment in Central and and transition Eastern Europe countries and Central Asia www.pasos.org Contents Connecting independent voices in cross-border policy initiatives by Chair David Král 2 Setting standards for open, participatory policymaking by Executive Director Jeff Lovitt 3 Return to Europe: Reflections After 20 Years of Democratic Renewal 4 Setting the agenda for sustainable policy solutions 6 When think-tanks make a difference ... 9 Cross-border policy initiatives 14 A preview of members‘ joint initiatives in 2010 22 Financial Report 29 Advisory Council 34 Board of Directors 35 Secretariat 37 PASOS Members 44 independent think-tanks spanning 27 countries 39 PASOS Annual Report 2009 Editors: Jeff Lovitt, Alfredo Azula Design and layout: Alena Burianová, Jeff Lovitt Photographs: Vavřinec Menšl, Alfredo Azula, Eva Rybková, Petra Steigerová Printed in Prague, Czech Republic, October 2010 © 2010 PASOS (Policy Association for an Open Society) Sdružení pro podporu otevřené společnosti - PASOS ISBN 978-80-254-8575-0 Registered address: Postal Address: Tel/fax: Prokopova 197/9 Těšnov 3 +420 2223 13644 130 00 Praha 3 110 00 Praha 1 Email: [email protected] Czech Republic Czech Republic Web: www.pasos.org PASOS Annual Report 2009 Connecting independent voices in cross-border policy initiatives During 2009, PASOS members further strengthened their joint policy work and international advocacy efforts, not least around the European Union’s democracy assistance policies, European integration, and fostering civil society engagement in policy-making in the EU’s eastern neighbours. The PASOS Advisory Council was launched on 7 May 2009, the day of the summit launching the Eastern Partnership initiative to deepen EU relations with six neighbouring countries. The Advisory Council comprises figures of integrity who share the values of PASOS, and have relevant public policy experience and a strong connection to the democratic transition process. PASOS has been able to make a difference by combining cross-border projects that mobilise the research expertise of its members - independent think-tanks - with a common commitment supported by the energies of the PASOS Board and Secretariat to connect independent voices from the new EU member states, the Western Balkans, and the former Soviet countries with policymakers and other stakeholders in Brussels and EU capitals. After the disputed elections in Moldova on 5 April 2009, PASOS worked to connect independent think-tanks in Chisinau with policymakers, parliamentarians and non-governmental actors in Brussels, and to support the formation of a civil society coalition that framed a Roadmap for European integration and National Reconciliation. One of the PASOS Board members, Igor Munteanu, has since taken up the key position of Moldova’s Ambassador to the USA. In 2009, the PASOS Board worked with the Secretariat on the development of a Strategic Directions paper, which includes a strong focus on services to members and think-tank standards- setting, as well as advocacy around regional and international issues key to policymaking in the PASOS region. The paper was finalised by a vote of the members in early 2010. A number of policy initiatives that emerged through the active priority-setting of the PASOS Board came to fruition in 2009, including a project on EU-Western Balkans visa relations, a subject which fitted the stated focus on the Western Balkans of the Czech EU presidency (January-June 2009). A presentation in Brussels in March 2009 of policy recommendations for the governments of the Western Balkans and for EU institutions showcased the research by PASOS members and their partners in monitoring the implementation of key technical requirements for the introduction of visa-free travel. The achievement of visa-free travel for Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro in December 2009 was an important breakthrough in bringing people closer together across the European continent. It is important that this momentum continues. In 2010-11, PASOS will embark on a project to foster the technical readiness and political will for securing visa-free travel to the EU in the case of the six Eastern Partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The project will bring together researchers from countries with recent experience of negotiating visa liberalisation with those from the eastern neighbours. Through this and other projects, PASOS will continue to strengthen the capacity and reach of independent think-tanks and to broaden public participation in policymaking throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. David Král, Chair PASOS promotes and protects open society values, including democracy, the rule of law, good governance, respect for and protection of human rights, and economic and social development, by supporting civil society 2 organisations that individually and jointly foster public participation in public policy issues at the European Union level, in other European structures, and in the wider neighbourhood of Europe and Central Asia. PASOS Annual Report 2009 Setting standards for open, participatory policymaking The PASOS network has grown from 23 members at its launch in 2004 to the point where in 2010 PASOS now supports the development and strengthens the outreach and impact of 37 member policy centres (and seven associate members). As PASOS has extended its geographical coverage in the region, it has also become increasingly well-known for its annual networking meetings, international agenda-setting conferences, think-tank training events, and projects on democracy assistance. As the number of members and PASOS Secretariat-led projects has risen, a strengthening of the staffing of the Secretariat has become necessary. With the recruitment in 2009 of a Finance & Administration Manager and a Development Manager, to be followed in 2010 by a Communications Manager, this professionalisation has invigorated the capacity of the Secretariat to provide services to members, from linking them with potential partners and donors to providing training in communications and think-tank development. The development of PASOS continues to be supported by the Open Society Institute (OSI) - namely the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) of OSI and the OSI Think Tank Fund - but other donors are also recognising the added value of PASOS in promoting innovation and transition know-how in Europe’s new democracies and countries still undergoing the transition to democratic governance and a market economy. In 2009, those supporters included the International Visegrad Fund and the Europe for Citizens programme of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission. A PASOS project to mark two decades of democracy in Central Europe, Return to Europe - Reflections After 20 Years of Democratic Renewal, included a conference in Prague on 10 December 2010, presenting a unique study into attitudes of citizens of new EU member-states, especially the younger generation, to two decades of democratic transition. The study also included an examination of both public and elite positions towards their own governments supporting democracy assistance efforts in third countries today, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Continuing the theme of democratic transition, New Strategies, Shifting Challenges, the PASOS General Assembly in Lviv, Ukraine, on 24-25 October 2009, was held in conjunction with For Our Freedom and Yours: For Our Common Future, an accompanying conference organised by Ukrainian partners and the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to mark 20 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The number of projects between PASOS members continues to grow. In 2009, 23 PASOS members were involved in at least one joint project with one or more other PASOS members (in particular those from the western Balkans, Visegrad countries, Romania, and Latvia, but also Moldova and the Caucasus). Moreover,14 PASOS members were partners on PASOS Secretariat-led projects, and eight PASOS members were represented in working groups and training activities. The strengthening of its staffing has placed the PASOS Secretariat on a firm footing to further develop its services to members, such as training, in the coming years. A complementary priority is the setting of standards in the ethical governance of independent think-tanks, in the quality of policy research and analysis, and in the accompanying communications outreach around think- tanks’ policy recommendations. These efforts all contribute to our goal of strengthening an open, participatory policymaking process in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. 3 3 Jeff Lovitt, Executive Director PASOS Annual Report 2009 Return to Europe: Reflections After 20 Years of Democratic Renewal Evaluating public perceptions of the democratisation process in Central Europe, and the extent of support for democracy assistance towards third countries Marking two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, PASOS staged a public conference in Černín Palace, seat of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague, on 10 December 2009. The event was held to present the results of the project, Return to Europe: Reflections After 20 Years of Democratic Renewal. Participants from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic joined representatives of the European
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